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EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror in…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June … army departed France to conquer Egypt,…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established in 1964 as a large rose garden ……
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… The Mosque was erected by the celebrated Hajee Soofie who immigrated to South Africa in 1895. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques,…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… The African National Congress joins all soccer loving … Africans, and South Africans in particular by hosting the ANC 2010 FIFA World Cup Street Bash,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… POM We're talking with Mr. Gumede on the 21st of August. I recall when we talked the last time you had said that you were going to try to get … has taken…
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was established in terms of a…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the Secretary of State for the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… How would you assess the current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very desperate. They have … ground. They have…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known … opportunity to reply to numerous questions which were in the air, thus throwing welcome light…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… : Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires – Ghana, Malinké, and Songhai – that…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "C reole ". A larger … he recommended that a new church building…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… Members of the party can no longer follow party orders to remain silent … Dear Comrade Secretary-General It seems to me that the demand from the national…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16th December 1961 Units of … installations, particularly those connected with the policy of apartheid…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the desolate Sahara of northern Niger. Long before the arrival of French influence and control in…
PlaceMadagascar
… Madagascar is referred to as: 'the big red island'. Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km (280 mi) east of the…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… The Junction Avenue theatre was formed in 1976, and it was … and conceptualised by a group of White students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits…
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… 1946 8 Dear friend, I am addressing this letter to you in the hope that you would read it with sympathy and … Indians have been in South Africa now for 85…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), the…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… The South African State Theatre was built by Performing Arts department of the Provincial Council of the Transvaal. [i] Botha, Lötter and Partners as well as…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… The Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest Meteorite Impact Site (Astrobleme) in the World. Formed an estimated 2000 Million Years ago when a … https:/…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… to be 2 million years while looking for fossils at the Cradle of Humankind. The find was announced on 8 April 2010 at Maropeng, at a … (a scientist who…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… creating a climate conducive to negotiations. We welcome the lifting of the bans on the ANC and other organisations. We also welcome other …
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
… creating a climate conducive to negotiations. We welcome the lifting of the bans on the ANC and other organisations. We also welcome other …
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… appointed by President Nelson Mandela in June 1994 to be the first President of South Africa's new Constitutional Court and was the Chief Justice of South…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… area) in Pretoria , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called: Roberts Heights , after Lord … Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… Two years after the first democratic election (1994) the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, signed the … Dugard, J. (2008). The New…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… Sports and the Liberation Struggle: a Tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others … sports boycott made a great contribution to liberation. The Indian community can be…